USA HISTORY

Who implemented the WWII military strategy described in the text below?"However, rather than take every single island in the area, he decided on taking the larger more important islands captured by the Japanese in the Pacific and left the smaller ones on the wine.”

(A) President Harry Truman

(B) ** Gen. Douglas MacArthur

(C) Gen. Dwight Eisenhower

(D) President Franklin Roosevelt

Concept note-1: -General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz employed a strategy of “triphibious” warfare to advance through the Pacific. This strategy involved combing air, land, and sea forces to navigate the challenging geography and distances. Overtime, this strategy came to be known as Island Hopping.

Concept note-2: -Army General Douglas MacArthur and Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz along with Admiral William “Bull” Halsey devised a plan unique in the annuls of military history. They would orchestrate a series of complex maneuvers that has come to be known as “island hopping”.

Concept note-3: -The Japanese strategy was to destroy the invader’s landing vessels before they hit the beaches. For this purpose, Japan had reserved about 5, 000 conventional aircraft and a variety of suicide vehicles, including about 5, 500 kamikaze planes, 1, 300 suicide submarines, and several hundred piloted bombs.

Concept note-4: -The army would attack Hitler’s troops at their weakest points first and slowly advance toward German soil. The plan was known as “closing the ring.” In December 1941, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to attack German holdings in North Africa first. That maneuver was finally executed in October 1942.